ActiveVOS Designer User’s Guide

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What is BPEL Unit Testing?

BPEL unit (b-unit) testing is a framework that tests BPEL processes in the ActiveVOS engine. B-unit testing validates process execution of invokes, receives, and replies. You can use B-unit testing to perform automated regression tests on processes.

When a BUnit test runs, the following steps occur:

• The SendMessage command sends XML data to process. You provide this data as part of editing or generating a b-unit test.
• The response comes back from the process
• An Assert expression determines what the response must have
• The result is compared to the assert

An effective test is to compare entire chunks of XML to see the parts that don’t match.

You can create individual b-unit test cases manually, but it is recommended that you can save each simulation path you run as a b-unit test file. You can then rerun files as needed as you refactor your process. Readily available b-unit tests make it easy for you to check whether a component of your process is still working properly.

You can design unit tests to produce test cases that cover all paths through a process so you can test various scenarios.You can save a group of files into a suite, or suite of suites, to rerun.

For details, see:

• Creating a BPEL Unit Test File
• Running a BPEL Unit Test
• Editing a BUnit File
• Debugging a BUnit Test
• Creating and Running BPEL Unit Test Suites
• Tips on Using Assertions
• Tips on Using Parameterized XSL for Input and Assert Data
• Tips on Providing Partner Link Data

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